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I *adore* Russian names!

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Possibly just because I have Russian sisters and I know the language. But still...

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Girls:
Svetlana "Sveta" - this is a gorgeous name, I adore it! Another common nn is "Svety" (spelling unknown) but to English ears that might sound too much like "sweaty." I like "Sveta" better anyway.

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Tatiana - my dad's favorite Russian name. It is pretty, isn't it?

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Ivanna - Hmm, very nice. Although I do slightly prefer Ivan for a boy. :)

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Ekaterina - Very pretty, but I think it would be almost necessary to have a shorter nickname. Ekaterina is a mouthful.

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Nadezhda "Nadia" - mm, wonderful.

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Irina - I'm a little bit biased by this name because it was the name of a rather selfish social worker we knew. But that shouldn't stop you from liking it. ;)

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Boys:
Ilia - Hmm, I've never heard of this one, except from Zelda. Haha.

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Aleksei - I love it! I can't even say how much I love it!

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Innokenti / Innokentiy - Hmm, I'd have to think about it.

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Nikolai - Awesome! I love this name. "Kolya" is a possibility.

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Evgeni - Another one I've never heard used. I'd also have to think about it for a while.

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P.S.
Some other Russian names that I love:
Vanya [m]
Christia (kris-TEE-a, my sister's name) [f]
Liliya (Christia's name before we adopted her) [f]
Elena (a girl we tried to adopt, remember the primary y sound) [f]
Mikhail [m]

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I'm sure there are more, too... :)

This message was edited 8/25/2007, 11:16 AM

I love Russian names!

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Girls:
Svetlana "Sveta" prf Lana as a nn but love the name
Tatiana -I think this sounds so pretty
Ivanna -love this, prf the 'trendee' spelling of Evanna for a nn of Eva
Ekaterina -GP of mine, love, love, love it
Nadezhda "Nadia" -prf Nadejda & prf Nadja as a nn, I have a thing with the 'j's :)
Irina -cute and simple

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Boys:
Ilia -this I don't care for
Aleksei -Love this, also Aleksandr as well and Alexey, Alexei, and Aleksey
Innokenti / Innokentiy -another GP of mine :)
Nikolai -Love this
Evgeni -This is totally cute, I'd def use it

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I also really like Mariska, Miska, Anastasiya, Andrei, Love Anya, Nataliya, Katerina nn Katya, & Nastasya

Girls:
Svetlana "Sveta"--LOVE this name. one of my all time favorites.
Tatiana--unfortunately, i feel complete opposite about this one.
Ivanna--it's ok, but i prefer Evanna. i think it looks and sounds much nicer.
Ekaterina--no.
Nadezhda "Nadia"--it actually sounds rather pretty, but it looks too crazy
Irina--nmsaa

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Boys:
Ilia--too much like Iliad
Aleksei--cute
Innokenti / Innokentiy--i'm sorry, but this is horrid
Nikolai--love it! it makes Nicholas actually unique.
Evgeni--nms

Svetlana is beautiful Slavic name. I love it :-))
Tatiana - pretty
Ivanna - not my style. I prefer Iva or Ivona

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Properly speaking is Yekaterina, Ilya, Yevgeniy - I dislike it
Nadezhda - not my style. I like Nadia
Irina - nice
Ilia - properly speaking Ilya :-((
I prefer Alexej and Nikolaj

Girls:
Svetlana "Sveta"- can't stand it mainly because Svet means sweat in Swedish
Tatiana- this is the best one on your list
Ivanna- ok
Ekaterina- the E makes it difficult to say
Nadezhda "Nadia"- ok, I like the sound of it, not the spelling
Irina- ok

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Boys:
Ilia- seems feminine to me
Aleksei- great name!
Innokenti / Innokentiy- dislike a lot
Nikolai- very nice
Evgeni- ok

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Love Ekaterina!

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:-)

Most common pet forms:

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Girls:
Tatiana - Tanya
Ivanna - ?? (Never heard before *blushes*)
Ekaterina - Katya
Irina - Ira

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Boys:
Ilia - Iliusha
Aleksei - Alyosha, Lyosha
Innokenti / Innokentiy - ?? (Really old fashioned name in Russia)
Nikolai - Kolya
Evgeni - Zhenya (Also a pet form of Evgenia, feminine version of Evgeni)

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I like Ekaterina, Irina, Ilia, Sveta and Aleksei (With all the pet forms)

I used to have a list of Russian names I liked too.

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These are ones I used to like (*still do like):

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Girls:
Agnessa*
Ekaterina (Katya)*
Anastasiya
Nadya
Natalya

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Boys:
Nikolai
Dmitri*
Sasha*
Aleksei
Evgeni*
Sergei (I used to love this name. Mostly because of Sergei Federov, who has disappointed us all!) :)
Anatoli
Konstantin (Kostya)
Misha*
Pavel (Pasha)*
Vasili

I love each of those names. My favorites are Nadezhda (also love Nadia as the nickname) and Nikolai (love Kolya as the nickname).